Surgeon Caught Asleep On The Floor After Epic 28-Hour Shift, And Now His Photos Are Going Viral

Being a doctor is not only a hard job but an exhausting one too. Surgeon Luo Heng performed 5 operations over a total of 28 hours. He did two emergency surgery’s overnight and then 3 more the following morning. After his extremely long shift, Heng was captured sleeping on the hospital floor and looking comfy as ever. The pic was posted on a Chinese social media site called Weibo and ever since people have been praising him for his dedication to work.

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It’s not the first time we see pics of doctors sleeping at work but we must say, after 28 hours of work, Doctor Heng sure deserved a nice nap!

While I do fully respect his dedication, this seems like a malpractice suit waiting to happen. I have no idea what the differences are between American and Chineses laws in this regard, but 28 hours without sleep is the same everywhere. And I have serious doubts that he's not slightly impaired, if not greatly so, operating with that kind of sleep deprivation. Give me even 20 hours without sleep and my brain turns foggy. After 28, I'd pretty much just be on co-pilot.

I though the same. As I can admire his devotion and dedication, I wouldn't want him to do my surgery. 28 hours of doing something that requires your upmost concentration is devastating... And people who introduced laws permitting that should be sued.

I agree Ricky. The attached article discusses the cognitive changes in the brain when an individual is lacking sleep. There are many more current published studies that point to the risk of 28+ hour shifts, particularly as it applies to interns and residents.
http://www.bcmj.org/article/sleep-deprivation-among-physicians

I also remember hearing that "just" 24 hours of staying awake reduces your capabilities in traffic by the equivalent of having 0.1% of alcohol in your blood - with the limit for losing your drivers license being half of that where I live.
I've been on an operating table twice, and on both occasions I could only admire the professionalism of everyone included, but it just doesn't make sense that these professionals are put throuhg such wearing shifts.

Doctors spend a lot of time devoting themselves to education and practice before they work in a hospital, I'm sure a lot of them perform the same operations to the point where it becomes like timing a shoelace, I'd probably have enough trust to let the guy do my operation, lol

While I do fully respect his dedication, this seems like a malpractice suit waiting to happen. I have no idea what the differences are between American and Chineses laws in this regard, but 28 hours without sleep is the same everywhere. And I have serious doubts that he's not slightly impaired, if not greatly so, operating with that kind of sleep deprivation. Give me even 20 hours without sleep and my brain turns foggy. After 28, I'd pretty much just be on co-pilot.

I though the same. As I can admire his devotion and dedication, I wouldn't want him to do my surgery. 28 hours of doing something that requires your upmost concentration is devastating... And people who introduced laws permitting that should be sued.

I agree Ricky. The attached article discusses the cognitive changes in the brain when an individual is lacking sleep. There are many more current published studies that point to the risk of 28+ hour shifts, particularly as it applies to interns and residents.
http://www.bcmj.org/article/sleep-deprivation-among-physicians

I also remember hearing that "just" 24 hours of staying awake reduces your capabilities in traffic by the equivalent of having 0.1% of alcohol in your blood - with the limit for losing your drivers license being half of that where I live.
I've been on an operating table twice, and on both occasions I could only admire the professionalism of everyone included, but it just doesn't make sense that these professionals are put throuhg such wearing shifts.

Doctors spend a lot of time devoting themselves to education and practice before they work in a hospital, I'm sure a lot of them perform the same operations to the point where it becomes like timing a shoelace, I'd probably have enough trust to let the guy do my operation, lol